<h4>Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Shocking Secrets!</h4>


    The deadline for returning the books was rapidly approaching; however, because she had been busy all along, Xiaoxiao had only copied three of them, with two still untouched!


    "Yang Ming, there are two more for you to copy, they must be returned in a fortnight! You need to hurry up, okay?"


    Xiaoxiao’s tone wasmanding, brooking no refusal from Yang Ming, and he was in no position to refuse anyway, given his change of heart and backtracking.


    Meanwhile, Xiaoxiao busied herself arranging her bras and panties. She’d promised her older sister-inw and second sister-inw to make them and had been dragging her feet. Now, with some free time, she could finally get to it, and she was eager to pick up her old trade again—starting with a bit of practice.


    But she hadn’t been at it for long when she heard someone approaching from outside.


    "Second sister-inw, second sister-inw, something terrible has happened!" The person arrived with swift steps, flurriedly entering the main house.


    Recognizing the voice as her aunt by marriage’s, Xiaoxiao quickly got off the kang, wondering what had happened this time. Yang Ming followed closely behind her.


    Upon entering, they saw their mother sobbing pitifully while their father’splexion was also rather bleak. What on earth was going on now!


    "Third child, Xiaoqiu is in trouble! What should we do?" The moment the mother saw Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming enter, she clutched Yang Ming and cried breathlessly.


    "Auntie, what happened?" Yang Mingforted his mother, then turned to inquire about the news from his aunt by marriage.


    "News came from my natal family, saying Xiaoqiu is having a difficultbor. The child has not been born after two days, they fear she might not make it!" The aunt by marriage quickly ryed the message she had brought.


    Xiaoxiao felt utterly confused upon hearing this. Difficultbor? And who was Xiaoqiu?


    Then she heard her aunt by marriage exim, "Hurry and go over, maybe you can still see her for thest time!"


    Listening to this, Yang Ming said just one sentence to Xiaoxiao, "You wait at home!" Then he rushed out the door along with his parents.


    Xiaoxiao was left behind,pletely unclear about the situation. She hastily asked her aunt by marriage who Xiaoqiu was, and unexpectedly unearthed a shocking secret!


    Xiaoqiu turned out to be Yang Ming’s sister, Yang Qiu, who was fifteen years old—a twin, along with Yang Dong. Yang Ming also had another sister, Yang Xia, who was seventeen.


    Yang Ming’s grandfather, while he was alive, had done the unthinkable; the girls born in Yang Ming’s generation were sent away to be child brides.


    The absurd reason, which to Xiaoxiao seemed like an enormous joke, was that when Yang Ming’s grandfather was thirty, a soothsayer from Jianghu had prophesied that to ensure prosperity in their lineage, his granddaughters had to be sent away, hence Yang Ming’s aunts and nieces were left unharmed, but his sisters suffered the fate!


    Xiaoxiao was bbergasted upon hearing this, while her aunt by marriage spoke of it with profound sorrow, for her two daughters had also been taken away in simr fashion.


    Xiaoxiao then found it odd—how could it be that her generation in the Yang Family only consisted of males? Impossible, and utterly unscientific! Didn’t her own extended family have a girl—herself?


    "Auntie, how is Xiaoqiu’s husband’s family?"


    "Ah..."


    That meant her inws were no good. Xiaoxiao thought for a moment. With difficultborsting two or three days, there was still a chance that Xiaoqiu could survive if they focused on saving the mother. This wouldn’t do; she had to go. Given her inws’ guileless nature and Yang Ming’s schrly disposition, they would probably end up just collecting a body. She therefore said to her aunt by marriage:


    "Auntie, our Yang Family has so many men. Call all of them; we must go. If the inws are lousy, having more of us might intimidate them. Perhaps we can still save Xiaoqiu’s life!"


    "I fear they’ll be too scared to go."


    "..." Was the other party some kind of terrifying demon? No time to waste! She ignored her aunt by marriage and, after getting the address, she immediately left the house!